A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SIZE OF TREES AND THEIR NUMBER

Authors
Citation
B. Zeide, A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SIZE OF TREES AND THEIR NUMBER, Forest ecology and management, 72(2-3), 1995, pp. 265-272
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Forestry
ISSN journal
03781127
Volume
72
Issue
2-3
Year of publication
1995
Pages
265 - 272
Database
ISI
SICI code
0378-1127(1995)72:2-3<265:ARBSOT>2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
It is known that stem diameter at crown base, D(c), has a closer relat ionship with crown size than diameter at breast height, D. Because num ber of trees per unit area, N, depends on crown size, it is likely tha t average D(c) will be a better predictor of tree number than D. It is shown that if the relationship between the logarithms of N and D(c) i s linear, then a similar relationship between N and D is not. A new si ze-number relationship is proposed that attempts to reconstruct D(c) u sing readily available variables, D and total tree height.